Igor Kononenko

Ihor Kononenko
Ігор Кононенко
People's Deputy of Ukraine
In office
27 November 2014 – 24 July 2019
Personal details
Born
Ihor Vitaliyovych Kononenko

(1965-08-21) 21 August 1965 (age 59)
Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Citizenship Ukraine
Political partyPetro Poroshenko Bloc
SpouseLiliya Kononenko
ChildrenVitaliy, Darya, Olha
Alma materKyiv Automobile and Highway Institute
Websiteigorkononenko.com.ua

Ihor Vitaliiovych Kononenko (Ukrainian: Ігор Віталійович Кононенко; born 21 August 1965) is a Ukrainian businessman and politician.

Kononenko is a deputy of the Verkhovna Rada (8th convocation) since November 2014, first deputy chairman of the Bloc "Solidarity", a close friend of Petro Poroshenko. He often referred to as the gray eminence of the Ukrainian president.[1] In the 2019 Ukrainian parliamentary election Kononenko lost reelection as an independent candidate in single-seat constituency 94 (Kyiv Oblast).[2]

  1. ^ "Тінь президента: хто такий Ігор Кононенко?" (in Ukrainian). BBC. 4 February 2016. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
  2. ^ "Кононенко програв Дубінському вибори на окрузі в Київській області". 23 July 2019.